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The Last Poets and Watts Prophets: The radical hip-hop pioneers 'written out of history' #hiphop

bbc.com August 06, 2023 hip-hop 14

A similar honorific has been attached to the group of artists known as the Last Poets, who also began recording street poetry in New York in 1970. Public Enemy's Chuck D made a strong case for the lineage between these poets and hip-hop to the New Yorker in 2010.

Largely remembered as forerunners of hip-hop, the Last Poets, Watts Prophets and Gil Scott-Heron were radical artists who deserve recognition in their own right, writes Dorian Lynskey. Read more